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Craig Groeschel

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Craig Groeschel Leadership Podcast
The One Leadership Skill That Changes Everything

And then when I see a few of those things, like I kind of get excited, like going, there's something special here. And a lot of times no one's seen it yet because it hasn't been developed. And so at that point, if I see these qualities, I'll ask some version of this question, like, hey, Have you ever thought about giving your life to an even higher calling? And I pause, and I just watch God work.

Craig Groeschel Leadership Podcast
The One Leadership Skill That Changes Everything

And then when I see a few of those things, like I kind of get excited, like going, there's something special here. And a lot of times no one's seen it yet because it hasn't been developed. And so at that point, if I see these qualities, I'll ask some version of this question, like, hey, Have you ever thought about giving your life to an even higher calling? And I pause, and I just watch God work.

Craig Groeschel Leadership Podcast
The One Leadership Skill That Changes Everything

And then when I see a few of those things, like I kind of get excited, like going, there's something special here. And a lot of times no one's seen it yet because it hasn't been developed. And so at that point, if I see these qualities, I'll ask some version of this question, like, hey, Have you ever thought about giving your life to an even higher calling? And I pause, and I just watch God work.

Craig Groeschel Leadership Podcast
The One Leadership Skill That Changes Everything

And getting to that place, and I've done it many, many times, is it takes time. It takes intentionality. It takes a pure heart. It takes a love for people. It takes curiosity. And I promise you, you're never going to find the best of what God put in people on the surface. And that's why you have to dig deeper.

Craig Groeschel Leadership Podcast
The One Leadership Skill That Changes Everything

And getting to that place, and I've done it many, many times, is it takes time. It takes intentionality. It takes a pure heart. It takes a love for people. It takes curiosity. And I promise you, you're never going to find the best of what God put in people on the surface. And that's why you have to dig deeper.

Craig Groeschel Leadership Podcast
The One Leadership Skill That Changes Everything

And getting to that place, and I've done it many, many times, is it takes time. It takes intentionality. It takes a pure heart. It takes a love for people. It takes curiosity. And I promise you, you're never going to find the best of what God put in people on the surface. And that's why you have to dig deeper.

Craig Groeschel Leadership Podcast
The One Leadership Skill That Changes Everything

Deeper and you have to ask questions level one level two level three you're driving deeper because questions are the keys that unlock untapped potential There's so much more and the people around you that sometimes they don't even know that's in them and you want to try to bring that out and I'll give you a little bit behind the scenes the way I think about doing podcast interviews when I have a guest on and

Craig Groeschel Leadership Podcast
The One Leadership Skill That Changes Everything

Deeper and you have to ask questions level one level two level three you're driving deeper because questions are the keys that unlock untapped potential There's so much more and the people around you that sometimes they don't even know that's in them and you want to try to bring that out and I'll give you a little bit behind the scenes the way I think about doing podcast interviews when I have a guest on and

Craig Groeschel Leadership Podcast
The One Leadership Skill That Changes Everything

Deeper and you have to ask questions level one level two level three you're driving deeper because questions are the keys that unlock untapped potential There's so much more and the people around you that sometimes they don't even know that's in them and you want to try to bring that out and I'll give you a little bit behind the scenes the way I think about doing podcast interviews when I have a guest on and

Craig Groeschel Leadership Podcast
The One Leadership Skill That Changes Everything

I started doing this, what, eight years ago, and I'd interview people, and I didn't know how to do it. So I'd start with like 15 questions I'd write out, it'd be very, very scripted, and I'd ask question one, and then I'd ask question two, then I'd ask question three, that was so dumb. The guests were polite.

Craig Groeschel Leadership Podcast
The One Leadership Skill That Changes Everything

I started doing this, what, eight years ago, and I'd interview people, and I didn't know how to do it. So I'd start with like 15 questions I'd write out, it'd be very, very scripted, and I'd ask question one, and then I'd ask question two, then I'd ask question three, that was so dumb. The guests were polite.

Craig Groeschel Leadership Podcast
The One Leadership Skill That Changes Everything

I started doing this, what, eight years ago, and I'd interview people, and I didn't know how to do it. So I'd start with like 15 questions I'd write out, it'd be very, very scripted, and I'd ask question one, and then I'd ask question two, then I'd ask question three, that was so dumb. The guests were polite.

Craig Groeschel Leadership Podcast
The One Leadership Skill That Changes Everything

But the conversations weren't as engaging because the reality is I was asking them questions they've been asked before and they were saying things they said before. And I just got to thinking like, I know there's more in these people. Like they're totally brilliant. How can I pull out of them something that is different, something is new, something that's unique?

Craig Groeschel Leadership Podcast
The One Leadership Skill That Changes Everything

But the conversations weren't as engaging because the reality is I was asking them questions they've been asked before and they were saying things they said before. And I just got to thinking like, I know there's more in these people. Like they're totally brilliant. How can I pull out of them something that is different, something is new, something that's unique?

Craig Groeschel Leadership Podcast
The One Leadership Skill That Changes Everything

But the conversations weren't as engaging because the reality is I was asking them questions they've been asked before and they were saying things they said before. And I just got to thinking like, I know there's more in these people. Like they're totally brilliant. How can I pull out of them something that is different, something is new, something that's unique?

Craig Groeschel Leadership Podcast
The One Leadership Skill That Changes Everything

And it dawned on me to have them say what they've never said. I need to ask them questions they've never been asked. You just say that again, to have them say something new, something different, something they'd never said before, I need to ask them questions that they've never been asked.

Craig Groeschel Leadership Podcast
The One Leadership Skill That Changes Everything

And it dawned on me to have them say what they've never said. I need to ask them questions they've never been asked. You just say that again, to have them say something new, something different, something they'd never said before, I need to ask them questions that they've never been asked.

Craig Groeschel Leadership Podcast
The One Leadership Skill That Changes Everything

And it dawned on me to have them say what they've never said. I need to ask them questions they've never been asked. You just say that again, to have them say something new, something different, something they'd never said before, I need to ask them questions that they've never been asked.

Craig Groeschel Leadership Podcast
The One Leadership Skill That Changes Everything

And so one of my kind of, it's actually a real goal is at the end of an interview, anytime one of my guests says like, oh my gosh, do you ask me a question I've never been asked before? I consider that a real win. And that happens more often than not. And because it's actually a goal. And here's the thing, I can't plan those questions. I can't just sit there.

Craig Groeschel Leadership Podcast
The One Leadership Skill That Changes Everything

And so one of my kind of, it's actually a real goal is at the end of an interview, anytime one of my guests says like, oh my gosh, do you ask me a question I've never been asked before? I consider that a real win. And that happens more often than not. And because it's actually a goal. And here's the thing, I can't plan those questions. I can't just sit there.